Complete Tech Heads with Tom Edwards

Complete Tech Heads with Tom Edwards

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Complete Tech Heads with Tom Edwards episodes

  • "Elon Musk doesn't understand how to run a social network" | Matt Navarra, Social Media Consultant and Analyst

    Matt Navarra is one of Europe's most well-known and in-demand social media consultants. With 20+ years of industry experience, Matt has worked with some of the world’s most popular brands.


    In this episode we discuss Musk, Zuck, X, Threads, Meta, AI, and the future of social media, in the following order:


    - Intro

    - X rebrand

    - Paid-for blue ticks

    - Reaction of advertisers

    - Elon's effect of the overall brand

    - Free speech

    - Content moderation

    - What kind of accounts get monetised and how?

    - Threads

    - Social media app convergence & social media innovation

    - The creator economy

    - Generative AI


    #socialmedia #ai #technews

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Meet the Kyiv startup fighting Russia with AI | Information warfare, with Anton Tarasyuk

    My conversation with Anton Tarasyuk about the startup he co-founded, Mantis Analytics. Mantis are based in Kyiv and are experts in analyzing the flow of information and disinformation, particularly with regards to the Russo-Ukraininan war. In the show, we cover:


    00:00 - Intro

    03:11 - Russian invasion and company formation

    09:28 - How the cofounders met

    11:46 - Keeping presence of mind in a war

    16:30 - Paranoia in Ukraine

    20:09 - Monitoring information flows

    21:22 - Telegram and Twitter

    24:19 - Strategy vs execution

    30:09 - Disinformation

    38:50 - Identifying false narratives

    44:02 - Documenting war crimes

    45:47 - What does Mantis actually provide?

    48:21 - Transformation of the public sphere

    53:52 - Generative AI

    54:57 - Deepfake scams


    #ai #technews #ukraine #ukrainewar

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    1 hr 9 min
  • Making money with ChatGPT, with Alex Northstar, ex-Google AI facilitator

    My conversation with Alex Northstar, ex-Google AI facilitator who did his masters in chatbots. We discuss all things AI, with a particular focus on entrepreneurialism and turning generative AI tools to the task of upskilling yourself and building a business.


    00:00 - Intro

    05:15 - What is an AI Facilitator?

    10:45 - ChatGPT meta skills

    14:00 - AI upskilling

    15:30 - Writing a book in a month

    20:25 - Optimism on the future of AI

    22:45 - Doomerism and anthropomorphization

    27:55 - Finding the biggest impact

    34:45 - Variations in GPT performance

    36:45 - Music and mashups

    39:15 - Making money

    47:15 - The 80:20 rule

    49:10 - The future


    #chatgpt #ai #business #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur

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    58 min
  • "The default outcome is... we all die" | talking AI risk with Liron Shapira

    This week I'm talking with Liron Shapira, founder, technologist, and self-styled AI doom pointer-outer.


    In the show, we cover an intro to AI risk, thoughts on a new tier of intelligence, causally mapping goals to outcomes (and why that's dangerous), a variety of rebuttals to Marc Andreesen's recent essay on AI, thoughts on how AI might plausibly take over and kill all humans, the rise and danger of AI girlfriends, Open AI's new super alignment team, Elon Musk's latest AI safety venture XAI, and other topics.


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    1 hr 16 min
  • Has AI killed coursework forever? With Paul Matthews, teacher and founder of MyTeacherAide

    My discussion with Paul Matthews, teacher and founder of educational AI startup, MyTeacherAide. Paul discusses all things AI in education, including:


    Intro - 00:00

    A huge step forward - 3:50

    Cheater or tutor? - 5:45

    Students using ChatGPT - 7:20

    The increasing knowledge gap - 8:30

    The end of coursework? - 13:15

    The biggest threat of AI - 17:30

    The biggest mistake educators make - 19:15

    Advice for parents - 24:30

    MyTeacherAide - 31:15


    Check out MyTeacherAide here: https://www.myteacheraide.com/


    #technews #ai #education #educationmatters #chatgpt

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    44 min
  • Why Threads won't kill Twitter

    There's been lots of speculation over this last week about the potential 'Twitter killer' Threads app, just launched by Meta. Here's my take on why they won't kill Twitter, and may not even want to.


    #technews #twitter #threadsapp #threadsvstwitter #elonmusk #markzuckerberg

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    14 min
  • Has AI already eaten search?
    Alex Selles is a technology marketing expert who has spent his career working in-house at a variety of early-stage startups. He's currently Head of Marketing at Klyk, a circular economy sustainable hardware business. In this conversation, we talk about:

    • The London technology world
    • Tech marketing pitfalls
    • Impostor syndrome and empathy
    • His advice on getting into the industry
    • AI in marketing
    • The future of SEO and whether it'll be eaten by ChatGPT
    • Our shared experiences mentoring with the Reach Out charity

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    41 min
  • Benji Vaughan: Being a human in the age of AI
    Benji Vaughan is founder and CEO of Disciple Media, as well as being a former musician, producer, record label promoter and all-round creative thinker. In this inaugural episode, we talked about his company, Disciple, the limitations of social media, AI in the arts, training LLMs, how to build human connections in the digital age, and other topics. Hope you enjoy it!

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    48 min

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